Curtain and shade support.



P. J. GREEN.

GURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1911.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

' Inventor Attorney's UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY J'. GREEN, 0]? ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY J. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Curtain and Shade Support, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved supportfor window curtains and shades and the invention aims primarily toprovide a device of this class constructed to fit windows varying inwidth and to support curtains and window shades of various widths.

Incidentally the invention aims to provide an adjustable device of thisclass so constructed as to be attractive in appearance and adjustablewithout the employment of tools of any kind.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the devicemounted upon a window frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical. sectional view on theline 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail transverse sectional viewillustrating a slight modification of the invention. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view illustrating a further modification.

In the drawings, the device is illustrated as consisting, primarily, oftwo supporting brackets of counterpart structure. These brackets arepreferably formed from wire and include each a threaded shank 5.Directly in advance of the shank 5, each bracket is formed with a bend 6for a purpose to be presently explained, and beyond this bend and in aplane thereabove is a bend 7.

It will be noted that when the hooks are in place, as clearly shown inFig. 2, that the shank 5 will engage the window casing and below andunder the header 1 of the casing, the bend 6 being adapted to seat belowthe header, while the long terminal 6 forming the support for the bend7, projects slightly outside of and parallel to the outer face of theheader 1, of the casing, thus providing a shade supporting means belowthe header and close to the window sash, and a curtain pole support, thebend 7, being beyond the casing above the window. This is of the utmostimportance, in that the shade receptacle or bend 6 is within and,

below and substantially at right angles to the pole receptacle or bend7.

The curtain pole of the device is formed in two sections indicated oneby the numeral Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1911.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 604,170.

8 and the other by the numeral 9. The section 9 telescopes in thesection 8 and as a consequence, the pole, as a whole, may be lengthenedor shortened as desired. The pole is supported in the portions 7 of thetwo brackets above described.

The shade roller supporting means of the device includes a pole formedof two sections one indicated by the numeral 10 and the other by thenumeral 11, the section 11 being fitted slidably into the section 10whereby the pole may be lengthened or shortened as desired. A set screw12 is preferably threaded through the section 10 and bears against thesection 11 whereby to hold the two sections at the proper adjustment. Itwill be understood however that this set screw may be omitted and thesections made to fit frictionally and be thus held at adjustment. Whilethe sections 10 and 11 are illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 1 of thedrawings as being cylindrical, they may be rectangular in cross sectionas illustrated in Fig. 3. In any event, they are supported at their endsin the portions 6 of the brackets above described. Upon each of thesections 10 and 11 there is supported a shade roller supporting bracketcomprising a sleeve 18 having a depending ear- 1 1 arranged for theengagement therewith of the usual stud at one end or the other of anordinary shade roller. In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the sleeves areillustrated as held at adjustment upon the sections 10 and 11 by meansof set screws 15. However, where it is desired that the device shall behighly attractive in appearance, the set screws are omitted and thesleeves are split along their upper sides as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. They are, when so formed, made from resilient material andfrictionally grip the respective sections 10 and 11 so as to remain atany adjustment therealong. The shade and its roller are indicated in thedrawings by the numerals 16 and the studs at the end of the roll areengaged with the depending portion 14 of the last described bracket.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, two bracketsadapted to be attached to the window frame and be spaced apart, each ofsaid brackets being made from a single piece of wire and having a windowframe piercing shank and bent to form a rectangular receptacle toreceive a shade support, a long terminal extending upwardly therefromand parallel to the Window casing but beyond it and the rectangularreceptacle, and termi-.

roller supporting brackets having sleeves surrounding the respectiveextensions of the second extensible pole and provided with means forsuspending a shade roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PERRY J. GREEN. Witnesses B. A. PA'r'roN, T. M. DUCKETT.

Copies ,of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

